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Suguru Osako runs during the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics in Sapporo on Aug. 8, 2021.
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Jan 18, 2024
Suguru Osako to skip Tokyo Marathon in order to compete in Boston Marathon
Osako indicated he wanted to avoid the intense focus in Japan on qualifying for the games and said his heart was set on running in Boston.
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Apr 18, 2023
Evans Chebet retains Boston Marathon men's title
World record holder Eliud Kipchoge was among the biggest attractions at the World Marathon Major, but lost his momentum around the halfway mark and finished sixth.
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Dec 21, 2022
Pair of Kenyan marathoners handed long doping bans
As of the end of November, 55 Kenyan athletes were banned and eight provisionally suspended, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit.
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Sep 14, 2022
Boston Marathon adds nonbinary runner option for 2023 race
Nonbinary runners must qualify using standards from the women's division, with race organizers promising updates once more data is collected.
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Apr 19, 2022
An older marathoner piles up the goals
At 63 years old, Mariko Yugeta has quietly completed more than 100 marathons and was the first woman older than 60 to finish a race in under three hours.
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Apr 19, 2022
Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet win Boston Marathon
The win confirmed Jepchirchir as among the most dominant marathon runners of all time, as she became the first athlete to claim Olympic gold along with the Boston and New York titles.
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Apr 7, 2022
Boston Marathon restricts Russian and Belarusian runners
The restrictions, which also apply to the 5 kilometer race, are the latest in a series of sanctions across global sport in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sep 3, 2021
Boston Marathon runners must be vaccinated or provide negative COVID-19 test
The October race will be limited to 20,000 participants in order to allow for physical distancing between runners.
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Mar 16, 2021
Boston Marathon to cap entrants at 20,000 amid pandemic
This year's Boston Marathon will be limited to 20,000 entrants in a bid allow greater social distancing throughout the course given the COVID-19 pandemic, race organizers said on Monday.
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Apr 24, 2020
Former Boston Marathon champion Keizo Yamada dies at 92
The Akita Prefecture native who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ran in roughly 340 marathons until hanging up his shoes for good in 2009.
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Apr 24, 2018
Yuki Kawauchi finishes third in World Marathon Majors series
After his surprise Boston Marathon victory last week, Yuki Kawauchi earned third place in this season's World Marathon Majors men's series while Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge was crowned champion Monday in London.
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Apr 19, 2018
Boston Marathon winner Yuki Kawauchi plans to turn pro next year
Yuki Kawauchi, the surprise winner of this week's Boston Marathon, on Thursday announced he plans to quit his full-time job and go pro next spring.
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Apr 18, 2017
Osako shines in marathon debut, takes 3rd in Boston
Suguru Osako finished third in the men's race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, becoming the first Japanese man in 30 years to secure a podium finish in the world's oldest annual marathon.
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May 16, 2015
Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death for 2013 attack
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a jury on Friday for helping carry out the 2013 attack, which killed three people and wounded 264 in the crowds at the race's finish line.
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May 16, 2015
Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence seen more as symbolic judgment
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death Friday. But his execution may not happen for decades — if ever.
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Apr 7, 2015
State's closing argument: Accused Boston bomber 'wanted to punish America'
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "wanted to punish America" when he killed three people and injured 264 with a pair of homemade bombs at the 2013 race, a federal prosecutor said on Monday.
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Mar 31, 2015
Prosecution rests; Boston bombing jury hears of grisly deaths; defense calls first witness
Two of the people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing were torn apart by one of the blasts that ripped through runners and onlookers at the finish line, medical examiners testified on Monday as prosecutors wound up their case against accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and defense attorneys began calling witnesses.
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Mar 11, 2015
Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees bloodstained note
Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the bloodstained message that prosecutors say he wrote on the inside of a boat he was hiding in before his violent capture, explaining his reasoning for killing innocent people.
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Apr 22, 2014
Japanese marathoners join hands in Boston
Many Japanese were among the thousands of runners who crossed the 118th Boston Marathon finish line amid tightened security Monday, a year after the bombings that killed three and left more than 260 injured.
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Apr 16, 2014
Boston bombing marked with defiant memorial
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, along with other leaders and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, shared messages of thanks and defiance Tuesday at a tribute to the three people killed and 264 wounded in the attack exactly one year ago.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world